Combined shade and curtain-pole support.



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ANDY HUDSON, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

COMBINED .SHADE AND CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT.

vspecificati on or Letters Patent.-

Pate'nted Aug, 10, 1909.

Application le'd April 14, 1909. Serial N0. 489,867.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDY HUDsoN, a citizen yof the United States, residing at S okane,

in the county of Spokane and State o' Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade andC-urtain-Pole Supports, of which the following 1s a specification, reference'being had to ,thet

without any change whatever, the shade may be supported nearer to or farther fromitbe consequently a larger or smaller bulk when rolled up, may be hung upon the same supports which have been used for other shades.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combinationof parts which will be hereinafter fully described and afterward particularly s eciiied in the claim.

In the drawings, igure 1 is a pers ective view of the upper part of a window an' frame having` my improved combined supports in osition thereon, sup orting a shade and a ace curtain roller, an Figs. 2 and 3 are views in side elevation of the two forms in which I prefer to construct my improved support.

In the manufacture of sup orts for shades and curtains it is essentialp' that they -be cheaply made and at the same time be pos-A sessed of'stability and durability. For eco'- nomical reasons I prefer to make my im-y provedcombined holder of a single piece of metal, by stam ing it from sheet metal, and by reason of tliis particular construction I am enabled to use a very light thickness. By a single operation of a die in a well-known manner, my holder may be completed, with the exception of the threading of the screw, in a very @monomical and rapid manner, so hat it may be sold at a rice to meet in competition other holders `eretofore upon the amarket.

My im roved holder comprises a lmain body 2 t e inner end of which as at is ole and a shade roller may firmly held in theirpropertapered and screw threaded. Immediately adjacent to the screw is an up er and lower projection or Iiange as at 4 an( 5, the lower end of the lower lange 5 being uni-ted to the vmain body at 6 in order to form a brace and support therefor, als at'7, the outer end .of sai brace being of any suitable ornamental form.`

At the outer end ofthe main body an upright 8 is formed upon the up er end of which are forked'arms 9 vand 10, t e metal of said arms being made sufficiently thin to permit of a lace curtain roller 11 being snapped in between them, ther ends. as at 1 2 being slightly turned outward to facilitate this operation and the lace curtain pole being .preferably of a diameter slightly-greater than the normal distance between these ends.

At a4 suitable point between the' securing screw 3 and the upright arm, I have formed either. notches 13 or round holes 14, to re Lcei`ve the journals of shade rollers. window frame, or a heavier or lighter, and

In the form shown in Fig. 2 I have shown two notches 13v and an intermediate round hole 14, while in the form shown in Fig?. 3 I have illustrated one notch 13 and tworound holes 14, but I desire it to be understood that I may otherwise arrange the holes and notches. By means of this construction the round journal of the roller may be journaled in the round holes and its oblong journal which operates the spring may be held in the vertical notches in a well-known manner. By virtue of the number of bearings in each support, a shade roller may be journaled nearer to or farther from the window frame 1 as may be desired.

I have stated that my improved support may be stamped of a piece of' sheet metal but it will ,be obvious that it mightbe molded ot'1 cast metal and in either instance it is not practicable to do much in the way of iinishing the article as thus stam ed up and cast I on account of the cost of suc finishing work but at the same time, owing to the fact that much of the weight is supported above the i horizontal axis of the holder, there is a tendency forl the screw 3 to turn in .the wood of the frame. To prevent this the holder must be screwed very tightly into the wood and in 'j ilanges or projections; when the holder is screwed into the Wood, Will embed themselves to a certain extent in the Washer or rosette 15 which is preferably of rubber or some equivalent yielding material, and thus secure the holder very rigidly against any tendency to turn. Y

A combined curtain pole and shade support constructedin the manner herein described lnay be made as economical as the ordinary xture used to support the shade rolleralone and the additional utility conferred by furnishing it with adjustable bearings and a` curtain pole support Will be of undoubted benefit to the user of the article.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

The herein described combined holder comprising a main body, a screw pointed inner end, an upright at the outer end having elastic forked arms positioned to receive a curtain pole, the main body being provided with an upper and-lower flange near its inner end, the lower flange being joined to the main body to form a brace, and a series of sliade roller journal bearings in the upper edge of the main body. y

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDY HUDSON.

Vitnesses A.H. JELLsELT,

1N. CHRIsToPnERsoN. 

